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4 Ph.D. neuroscience students from other countries share the challenges of studying in the US

  • Written by Thiago Arzua, Ph.D. Candidate in Neuroscience, Medical College of Wisconsin
imageInternational students in the U.S. often face restrictions that make it hard to advance their research careers at the graduate level and beyond.Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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